USS Washington (1776 lateen-rigged galley)

USS Washington was a lateen-rigged, two-masted galley in the service of the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War.

The third ship to be named Washington, a lateen-rigged, two-masted galley, was built on Lake Champlain at Skenesboro, New York, in the autumn of 1776.

In the ensuing action, Washington suffered the heaviest damage of any ship in Arnold's fleet; Waterbury, her commander, subsequently reported that she was ... so torn to pieces that it was almost impossible to keep her above water.

However, after a long chase, the British caught the retreating Continental force the following day, on 13 October, at Split Rock near Crown Point.

[1] Arnold managed to beach and destroy four of the galleys and his own flagship, Congress, while most of the remaining ships escaped upriver.

Washington as built, drawn in 1776